Street parking is at a premium on Loockerman Street as small-business owners in downtown Dover are irate with the Downtown Dover Partnership's changes to the downtown area's parking lots.

Written by

Jon Offredo
The News Journal

Changes made to Dover's downtown parking have prompted an outcry from several business owners over the past few weeks who have said the plans will make the city's parking problem even worse.

The changes made by the Downtown Dover Partnership, the city-backed nonprofit that promotes downtown business, resulted in fewer metered and free spots for those working and shopping downtown and an increase in permit spots to accommodate an EZ-Pass customer-service center that's leasing a building from the partnership.

Rolled out on Feb. 1, 327 of the 440 spots in the downtown area's five main lots ...